The 2007–08
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[football
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knockout competition. The winners were
Rangers, who defeated
Queen of the South in the final.
The 2007–08 tournament saw a change in structure for the tournament with the admission of 4 members of the
Scottish Junior Football Association
The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the level of football ...
to the first round.
Calendar
First round
Edinburgh University
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were given a random
bye to the 2nd round. This was because only three
Scottish Junior Football Association
The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the level of football ...
clubs entered, due to Linlithgow Rose winning both the East League and the
Scottish Junior Cup
The Scottish Junior Cup is an annual football competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. The competition has been held every year since the inception of the SJFA in 1886 and, as of the 2022–23 edition, 108 teams compete ...
and there being no mechanism allowing for runners-up to enter.
Keith
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,
Inverurie Loco Works
Inverurie Loco Works Football Club are a senior semi-professional football club from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL).
The club was founded in 1903 by workmen from the Great ...
,
Annan Athletic and
Threave Rovers all received automatic
byes In cricket, a bye is a type of extra. It is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batter and the ball has not hit the batter's body.
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into the 2nd round, due to being respectively:
Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system
The Scottish football league syst ...
winners and runners-up,
East of Scotland Football League
The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Fo ...
winners and
South of Scotland Football League
The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football league based in south-west Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Founded in 1946, it i ...
winners during
2006–07 season.
Source
ESPN Soccernet
Replays
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Second round
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Replays
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Third round
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Replays
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Fourth round
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ESPN Soccernet
Replays
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ESPN Soccernet
Fifth round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Media coverage
* Domestically, both
Sky Sports
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and
BBC Sport Scotland broadcast selected live games, with both showing the final. Both also carry highlights of all games in every round.
*
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 197 ...
has exclusive domestic radio rights to the tournament.
* Through the SFA's international media partner IMG, the Scottish Cup is broadcast in various territories around the world. In Australia, for example, the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Setanta Sports
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.
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Scottish Cup seasons
Scottish Cup, 2007-08
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